Worst New TV & r & & r & by LUKE BAUMGARTEN & r & & r & Early fall is an exciting, disappointing time to be a TV fan. The best new shows won't show their true luster for weeks, but the worst are already totally obvious. Here are the early losers, in no order other

& lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & J & lt;/span & ust days after former Vice President Al Gore received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on global warming, the United States Supreme Court hand

by CHRISTINA KELLY & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & W & lt;/span & ine is not like a soda pop or beer that tastes the same with every bottle. No two bottles of wine will taste the same from year to year, due to differences in the weather, soil and viticultural pract

Potential Pulitzer Poems & r & & r & EWU creative writing professor Nance Van Winckel has learned that her new volume of poetry, No Starling, will be nominated to be considered as a finalist for the big award. She'll read from her most recent work on Friday at

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by INLANDER STAFF & r & & r & THE COMEBACKS & r & Washed-up coach takes over the football program at Heartland State. His team's hopeless and populated by stereotypes: the klutz, the egomaniac, the runt, the nerd, the girl. Naturally, they hone their skills, win

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by THE INLANDER & r & & r & ACROSS THE UNIVERSE & r & With a love story (involving Evan Rachel Wood) set in the peace-loving '60s -- and with an all-Beatles soundtrack -- millions will be muttering "Don't mess it up." But if ever a director could pull off a psyched

by ED SYMKUS & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & M & lt;/span & aybe this film is so good because its source material is by Dennis Lehane, the novelist who also wrote Mystic River. Maybe it's because Casey Affleck is coming into his own, with a terrific acting job both

Black Book & r & & r & by TED S. McGREGOR JR. & r & & r & In America, we've enjoyed Paul Verhoeven's popcorn films like Robocop and Basic Instinct (and we've even mocked him for Showgirls), but back home in the Netherlands, he's a cultural treasure. So it was a hom

By BRUCE REED & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & M & lt;/span & onths after 9/11, in one of the low points in bureaucratic history, the U.S. government mailed visas to two hijackers who had flown planes into the World Trade Center. From Iraq to the home front, America

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE & r & Strawberry Jam & r & 4 Stars & r & & r & Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam is the type of album that is becoming archaic in the ever-strengthening age of the single. With no one song overpowering the others and all certifiably great in their

by PAUL K. HAEDER & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & C & lt;/span & ompelling citizens of the world to do something about global warming is going to take more than Live Earth concerts focused on getting us to exchange our incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescen

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by KEVIN TAYLOR & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & T & lt;/span & o be elected mayor of Spokane means mastering a split as difficult as the 7-10 at a bowling alley. Each candidate, in these last weeks of the campaign, is taking careful aim north of the Spokane River,

by LUKE BAUMGARTEN & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & W & lt;/span & hen Karli Fairbanks plays a waltz, people weep. "Bitter Blue" -- the song that lends its name to her forthcoming album -- has set strangers to crying more than once. She's surprised by this, but also p

& & by & & & & LUKE BAUMGARTEN & & & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & W & lt;/span & hen former Bravo Entertainment President Paul Thornton gave me reasons for wanting Rock Coffee out of his building last year (while also denying that he had the power or any hand in get